[R] Help with strange RGui behavior? Will not consistently run source.

[Stephen Hartley]

I haven't been able to get remote desktop working, I suspect it's disabled
for security reasons.

Any other thoughts/suggestions?

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:22 AM Mark Fowler <gmark.fowler using outlook.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> This issue bears some similarity to a problem I’ve been experiencing over
> the last few days. R 4.0.3, Windows 10, RGui. My ability to adjust window
> dimensions took a serious slide (cursor on edge or corner, click and tug).
> Usually only works now if I pause for awhile after the click before moving
> the cursor, while it used to work immediately every time. Similarly my
> ability to select text with a scroll became more difficult, but
> shift-clicking works fine. I just assumed my mouse was succumbing to age
> (still think that likeliest), or possibly related to the last Windows
> update a few days back (coincidental timing). So I doubt this is pertinent
> but thought I should mention it just in case.
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> *From: *Eric Berger <ericjberger using gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:04 PM
> *To: *Stephen Hartley <stephen.hartley.phd using gmail.com>
> *Cc: *r-help using r-project.org
> *Subject: *Re: [R] Help with strange RGui behavior? Will not consistently
> run source.
>
>
>
> Hi Stephen,
> Does the problem still occur if you connect remotely to your computer from
> a different computer?
> e.g. via remote desktop?
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 6:50 PM Stephen Hartley <
> stephen.hartley.phd using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So I've got an odd problem that I can't seem to nail down, and I'm not
> > totally sure even where I should go to ask about it. Hopefully this
> mailing
> > list is acceptable, and please do let me know if not.
> >
> > I'm using the "Rgui.exe" interface for R in windows 10. I've used this
> for
> > more than a decade now with no problems, and for at least a year on this
> > computer specifically. But now, when I click "Run line or selection" or
> > equivalently use CTRL+R, it only sometimes runs the selection.
> > Specifically: the FIRST time I attempt to run any given selection, it
> >
> > This issue only appears when I drag to select a snippet of text. It works
> > fine when I simply click on a line without selecting it. However, if I
> drag
> > and select a region of code and hit the command, the selection stops
> being
> > selected but it does not run the code. If I then drag and select the
> exact
> > same code a second time and do it again, it runs normally. If instead of
> > running the same code again I attempt to select different code, it once
> > again does not run.
> >
> > Here's the really odd bit: this affects multiple installations of R. I
> have
> > multiple versions of R installed on my machine for testing purposes (R
> > 3.4.4, 3.6.1, and 4.1.2), and this issue suddenly appeared simultaneously
> > on all three.
> >
> > I've tested it hundreds of times in various situations on all three
> > installations and it is extremely consistent but utterly unreproducible.
> I
> > have a second computer with R installed that works normally, and I have
> > tried doing the exact same thing on that computer and it behaves as
> > expected.
> >
> > It's not a hotkey capture issue or a hardware since it doesn't matter if
> I
> > use the hotkey or use the right-click menu. So far as I can tell nothing
> > else has changed. Are there hidden options in Rgui, or is there like an
> > Rprofile file or something somewhere that all the R installations will
> run
> > on startup? Are there R commands that alter options in the gui itself?
> >
> > I'm not even sure who I should contact or what list I should use, since
> > this isn't really an issue with the R programming language itself but
> > rather an issue with the GUI. The issue doesn't involve any keywords
> that I
> > can think of to search for others with the same issue ("run R on
> selection"
> > appears a lot in unrelated pages).
> >
> > Best,
> > Steve Hartley
> > Staff scientist, National Cancer Institute
> >
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